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Table 5 Types of access used in relation to disease location

From: Bailout procedures during percutaneous transluminal angioplasty of superficial femoral artery occlusive disease

Type of access

Group (1): flush ostial lesions (n = 10)

Group (2): other segment lesions (n = 20)

No

%

No

%

Contralateral retrograde femoral

9

30

6

20

Ipsilateral femoral

1

3.3

14

46.7

Statistical analysis

X2= 6.7,P= 0.03

  1. Data are presented as numbers, mean ± SD, and percentages